| The manned flight No. | 66 |
| The manned flight of the USSR No. | 35 |
| The manned flight of the Soyuz No. | 27 |
| Launch: | 06/15/1978 20:16:45 |
| Landing crew in Soyuz 31: | 11/02/1978 11:04:17 |
| Flight duration of the crew: | 139 d 14 h 47 m 32 s (3350 h 47 m 32 s) |
| Orbits of the crew: | 2203 |
| Landing Soyuz 29 Bykovsky, Jaehn: | 09/03/1978 11:40:34 |
| Flight duration of the Soyuz 29: | 79 d 15 h 23 m 49 s (1911 h 23 m 49 s) |
Cosmonaut No. 83
Cosmonaut of the USSR No. 40
Kovalyonok: 2nd flight
Cumulative time: 141 d 15 h 32 m 17 s
(3399 h 32 m 17 s)
Cosmonaut No. 88
Cosmonaut of the USSR No. 44
Ivanchenkov: 1st flight
Cumulative time: 139 d 14 h 47 m 32 s
(3350 h 47 m 32 s)
27th manned flight of the Soyuz. Docked with Salyut-6. Vladimir Kovalyonok and Alexandr Ivanchenkov - the second long-term crew (Expedition 2) of the Salyut-6 station. After returning to Earth on November 2, 1978, Kovalyonok and Ivanchenkov set a new record of the duration of the space flight 139 d 14 h 47 m 32 s (3350 h 47 m 32 s). They surpassed the record of the expedition 1 of Salyut 6. Vladimir Kovalyonok also became the owner of the largest cumulative time in space: 141 d 15 h 32 m 17 s (3399 h 32 m 17 s).
The longest flight:
12/10/1977 96 d 10 h 0 m 7 s (2314 h 0 m 7 s)
Yuri Romanenko и
Georgy Grechko
The largest number of flights: 4 Lovell, Young, Conrad
The most cumulative time in space: 125 d 23 h 19 m 52 s (3023 h 19 m 52 s) Georgy Grechko
Soyuz 30
2001 Antropos.